Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Setting Up
Setting .NET Assembly Options
on page 40
Setting Advertising Options
on page 41
Setting Digital Signature Options
on page 43
Setting ExpressBuild Options
on page 44
Setting Installation Expert Options
on page 47
Setting Merge Module Directories
on page 48
Activating Suppressed Prompts
on page 49
Setting Repository Options
on page 50
Setting Source Control Options
on page 51
Setting Visual Studio Options
on page 52
Setting Wildcard Groups
on page 54
Setting General Options
To set general options, select Tools menu > Options and click the General tab.
In Visual Studio: Tools menu > Options > Wise Options > General.
Note
(Visual Studio integrated editor.) To display context-sensitive help, click the Wise Help
link on this dialog box.
Automatic Options
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Create backup copy during save
Mark this to create a new backup file every time you save. The backup file name
consists of the current file name plus a number. (Example: if the current file name is
Sample.wsi, the backups are named Sample1.wsi, Sample2.wsi, and so on.) Only
the file you are working on is backed up. (Example: if you open a .WSI and save it,
the corresponding .MSI is not backed up.) Use caution with this option if you are
working with large installation files; if you save often, your disk space will quickly
become depleted.
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Add default remarks to installation sequences
Although most Wise project (.WSI) files have remarks that explain the actions in the
sequences, compiled .MSIs do not. Mark this to add remarks to the current .MSI and
all .MSIs that you open subsequently. Remarks are added to .WSIs only if no
remarks already exist.
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Create XML copy during save
Mark this to update a copy of the installation in XML format every time you save. If
a copy does not exist, it is created. The copy has the same name as the installation
file with the extension .XML appended, and it is saved in the same directory.
(Example: If the current file name is Application.wsi, the XML copy is named
Application.wsi.xml.) This lets you check the XML version of the installation into a
source code control system and use text-based file comparison tools to find
changes.
See
Saving an Installation as XML
on page 95.
Compiler Options
The following options are default settings for all new compiles. Changing these settings
does not affect installations that have already been compiled.
